19/10/12 Task

This lecture was another practical lesson which consisted of our group reenacting question time. Each group had to rotate around all the different roles, which included camera crew, production crew and audience. This week is was question time. Firstly our group was production crew, the roles consisted of host, guests, sound grips and production assistant. My role was guest as last week I was production assistant. I found this to be easier than first expected. I thought there would be a lot more pressure on the guests to get our script right and not laugh. However I really enjoyed this role. 

The next stage for our group was camera crew. Seems as I was on a camera last week, I wanted to see what was in the gallery so I chose to be vision mixer. This means I have to switch the cameras when the director says so. You have a board with many buttons which enable you switch from each camera. Theres also another set which enables you to choose a camera as a preset and then you can use a slider to blend into the next shot. I was baffled by the board when I first saw it, however I soon got the hang of it. I liked how I could preset a camera so I could blend into each shot, I feel this gives a smoother outcome. 

The final role was to be the audience, Antony asked us to start a protest during the programme to put the other group under pressure, this was a bit of fun. As the audience we asked questions that related to the topics that the group was discussing.